Yo Soy Maria (flex)
Astor Piazzolla (arr. Rick DeJonge)
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General Info
Year: 1968 / 2020
Duration: c. 3:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boston Brass
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $99.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Piazzolla combined his efforts with Horacio Ferrer to compose his tango opera (tango operita), Maria de Buenos Aires. The opera premiered at the Sala Planeta in Buenos Aires on May 8, 1968. Yo Soy Maria is the fourth number in the opera.
- Program Note from Florida State University Wind Ensemble concert program, 10 November 2020
María de Buenos Aires is a tango opera (tango operita) with music by Astor Piazzolla and libretto by Horacio Ferrer that premiered at the Sala Planeta in Buenos Aires in May, 1968. The song Yo Soy Maria (I am Maria) is the opening solo from the main character.
While certainly not in the narrow sense an opera ballet, because the dance is tango rather than classical ballet, it falls within the tradition of having set dance pieces integral to an operatic work. There are a lot of tango dancing during the opera.
The first part of the surreal plot centers on the experiences of a “fallen lady” in Buenos Aires, Argentina; the second part takes place after her death. The characters include María (and, after her death, the Shadow of María), a folksinger, various members of the Buenos Aires underworld; a poet and narrator; a goblin-like humanoid; several marionettes under the control of the goblin; a circus of psychoanalysts; pasta makers; and construction workers.
Obviously, a collection of characters guaranteed to make any good opera into a Great Opera! Or, at least, one you will not easily forget.
- Program Note by David Holsinger
Based on Boston Brass custom arrangements and adapted by Rick DeJonge.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
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State Ratings
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Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Yo Soy Maria (Flex instrumentation) (arr. DeJonge) (1968/2020)
All Wind Works
- Adiós Nonino (arr. Woude) (1984)
- Contrabajissimo (arr. Scott) (1984/2008)
- Escualo (arr. Teho) (1979/)
- Fuga y Misterio (arr. Leeuwen) (1974/2018)
- Fuga y misterio (arr. Ziegler) (1974/)
- Fugata (arr. Smith)
- Fugata (arr. Warner)
- Histoire du Tango (1986/2008)
- La Muerte del Ángel (arr. Pease) (1962/2005)
- La Muerte del Angel (arr. Woo) (1962/2019)
- Le Grand Tango (arr. Sharretts) (/2008)
- Libertango (arr. Scott) (1974/2009)
- Libertango (ed. Etchegoncelay) (1974/)
- Libertango (arr. Murtha) (1974/2016)
- Michelangelo '70 (arr. Warner)
- Milonga del Angel (arr. Warner)
- Milonga sin Palabras
- Oblivion (arr. Avila) (1982)
- Oblivion (arr. Longfield) (1982/2013)
- Oblivion (arr. Six and Sealy) (1982/)
- Oblivion (arr. Smith) (1982/)
- Oblivion (arr. Warner) (1982/)
- Primavera Portena
- PULSACION (arr. Kataoka) (1969/2012)
- Selections from "Cinco Piezas" for Guitar
- Sinfonía Buenos Aires (1949/2022)
- Street Tango (arr. Longfield) (2017)
- Tangazo (arr. Ansanay-Alex) (2010)
- Tango Suite (arr. Jackson) (1984/?)
- Tango Suite (Saxophone Quartet) (arr. Sharretts) (/2007)
- Tango Suite (Woodwind Quintet) (arr. Sharretts) (/2008)
- Tango Suite (arr. White)
- Tres Minutos con la Realidad (arr. Smith)
- Yo Soy Maria (arr. DeJonge) (1968/)
- Yo Soy Maria (Flex instrumentation) (arr. DeJonge) (1968/2020)
Resources
- Creative Repertoire Initiative
- Maria de Buenos Aires, Wikipedia Accessed 11 November 2020
- Pease, Andy. "Yo Soy María by Astor Piazzolla." Wind Band Literature, 8 July 2021. Web. Accessed 8 July 2021